{"id":68952,"date":"2005-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-grad-student-awarded-prestigious-fellowship-by-department-of-defense\/"},"modified":"2005-07-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-25T00:00:00","slug":"uri-grad-student-awarded-prestigious-fellowship-by-department-of-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/07\/uri-grad-student-awarded-prestigious-fellowship-by-department-of-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 grad student awarded prestigious fellowship by Department of Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tDoctoral research to focus on design of high-speed ships<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. — July 25, 2005 — \u201cHigh speed\u201d is a term that fits Jeff Harris well. As a graduate student at the 溏心vlog免费B站, he is developing numerical models to help in the design of high-speed ships.<\/p>\n


\n\tBut the Everett, Wash., resident also appears to work at high speed, having earned two bachelor\u2019s degrees by an age when most students are just graduating from high school. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI did algebra when I was in fifth grade, did some high school work in middle school, skipped eighth grade, and did some college work in high school,\u201d he explained sheepishly.<\/p>\n


\n\tNow, at the ripe old age of 20, Harris has earned a prestigious fellowship to begin work toward his doctorate. Funded by the Department of Defense, the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship will pay Harris\u2019 tuition and fees for three years and provide a $30,000 annual stipend. Harris is one of just 180 students nationwide selected for the fellowship, and one of only two from colleges and universities in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis is an extremely competitive fellowship and Jeff is the only one from 溏心vlog免费B站 to get one this year,\u201d said Stephan Grilli, a 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of ocean engineering and Harris\u2019 advisor. \u201cJeff has shown excellent aptitude for independent research, and he works well and efficiently with a minimum of guidance. I think he will flourish during his Ph.D. studies into a very bright researcher.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tHarris is completing his master\u2019s degree this fall and will begin his studies toward a Ph.D. at 溏心vlog免费B站 in the winter. He is creating numerical simulations of high-speed ship performance by using a numerical wave tank to simulate wave resistance on the Harley Surface Effect Ship. Harris describes the Harley Surface Effect Ship as a catamaran with air cushions under each hull, similar to a hovercraft but without flexible parts.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cShip designers use numerical models to help them scale up the size of their ships,\u201d he said. \u201cFor instance, how big an engine will it need? How much air flow will be necessary for the cushions? The more accurate the results of your models, the more efficient the use of space in the ship.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhen Harris completes his Ph.D. \u2013 probably ahead of schedule, if history is any indication \u2013 he hopes to continue conducting research, perhaps for the U.S. Navy or for a major shipbuilding company. He also has considered working for NASA to design space exploration vehicles.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThere are a lot of similarities between the way they do things in designing for aerospace as for hydrodynamics,\u201d Harris said. \u201cOne way or another, I want to move things forward by being on the cutting edge of the design of things that move.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doctoral research to focus on design of high-speed ships KINGSTON, R.I. — July 25, 2005 — \u201cHigh speed\u201d is a term that fits Jeff Harris well. As a graduate student at the 溏心vlog免费B站, he is developing numerical models to help in the design of high-speed ships. But the Everett, Wash., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}